The text is designed for students in their first year of clinical psychology graduate training.

Unique features of the text include: A fresh approach to learning, with an emphasis on problem solving A presentation of clinical psychology as an integrative health care profession and not just a mental health care field Inclusion of ...

Filled with case examples that illustrate realistic clinical scenarios, this text offers: A detailed look at basic clinical tasks and skills that comprise the nuts and bolts of a practitioner's work Chapters on research, working with ...

This text is designed to be helpful not only to those who will go on to careers in clinical psychology, but also to those who will choose other career paths.

Demonstrating the partnership between practising clinicians and researchers, the book presents academic, professional and ethical foundations of clinical psychology as well as examples of high-quality practice across the life-span.

This book is written for anyone with a strong interest in clinical psychology, but also provides a comprehensive and realistic view of the field.

Throughout, the book captures a sense of clinical psychology as a dynamic and changing field which has grown up fast alongside other more established professions involved in mental health care and which is continuing to evolve in response ...

Upon completion of this book, readers will gain an understanding and an awareness of clinical psychology's beginning and its future. Clinical psychologists.

Offers a survey of clinical psychology including its history, content, and professional functions.